A Christmas present thief, who ransacked a family home in the early hours of Saturday morning, has left a young boy terrified to go in his room because 'someone has been in there and touched all his things'.

The burglars got away with £500 worth of presents, including Christmas toys, as well as several pieces of family jewellery.

The thieves targeted the house on Alston Gardens, in Burnage, Manchester on November 16, forcing entry via the property's back door.

Single mum Rachel Horrocks, said the presents had all been taken from under the bed and in wardrobe and unwrapped.

Gifts including 37 boxes of LEGO, My Little Pony sets, as well as jewellery were stolen.

“I had been buying Christmas presents since June and I had wrapped them up so my children wouldn’t be able to find them,” Rachel told the Manchester Evening News .

“Whoever did this has actually unwrapped the presents before throwing the wrapping paper all over the floor and bed.”

Rachel said the knock on effects for her son have been awful (
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Rachel, who has two children aged four and seven, said not only will the burglary have a huge impact on her family’s Christmas, but it will also have a devastating impact on seven-year-old son Harry.

“He has autism so the knock-on effects are far worse than anyone can imagine.

“It’s thrown everything off for him. He’s very strict on his routine, everything has to happen at the right time and be in a set place.

“He won’t return home because someone has been in his room, someone has touched all his things and moved them around.”

Other items in the home, including priceless jewellery passed down through the family have also disappeared.

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Racehl said: “My grandma died two years ago and all of my jewellery was what she gave me in her will.

“It’s all sentimental to me and can’t be replaced - it’s the things that she specifically left me.”

The jewellery includes five pairs of silver earrings, a 9ct gold bracelet with amber stones, a silver necklace with a butterfly and a pendant that has a message about being a sister.

Rachel, a catering assistant at a school, said the house was empty as she had an early start for work.

“It was the only night where no one was in and there wasn’t a light on, so it makes me think it’s someone who knows me or has been watching us.”

Rachel said they had only moved into the property twelve weeks ago.

Items stolen

37 boxes of LEGO, including Cars, Harry Potter and Ninjago sets

Three massive Frozen dolls

Jurassic World Velociraptor Blue

Jurassic World gyroscope

Jurassic World Indoraptor

Four boxes of Frozen 2 jewelry and hair boxes

Five different LOL Surprise balls

Four My Little Pony sets

Silver necklaces with a tear drop diamond pendant

9ct gold bracelet with amber stones inset on the whole bracelet

Five pairs of silver earrings - studs and hoops

Silver necklace with a butterfly

Pendant that has a message about being a sister

Silver diamond ring with three stones

“I’m a single parent with two kids and I work full-time. I work hard to get the stuff they want.

“Because of his autism, we get Harry so much LEGO because he likes to build and do stuff with his hands.”

Rachel says the biggest concern for her is getting Harry to readjust to change, particularly making him feel safe at home.

The burglars had forced entry through the back door of the property (
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“It’s going to be so hard to get my son back into the house and get him comfortable.”

She said she doesn’t mind how the items are returned, but really hopes to get them back in order to help rebuild routine into Harry’s life.

“Drop the stuff off anywhere, I don’t need names,” she pleaded.

“Drop it off at the end of the road so I can still try to salvage things and make things more normal, at least over Christmas.”